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Acting

Bill Duke

Career: Active from 1972 to 2024, busiest in 1986 with 6 main titles.

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Hill Street Blues
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bill Duke Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.0, average 3.4
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 7
Gritty Realism 6
Character-Driven 6
Social Commentary 5
Crime Drama 3
Neo-Noir Thriller 3
Psychological Tension 3
Class Conflict 3
Fast-Paced Action 3
Social Realism 3
High-Octane Action 3
Nostalgic Television 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Joe

Redd Foxx Biopic

Director

2020s

4 titles · average score 73

Director

Gaslit

73

TV show · as Charles Anderson

The Vandal

as Harold

No Sudden Move

73

as Aldrick Watkins

2010s

16 titles · average score 57

Hollow Point

43

as Senior Guard James

Mandy

77

as Caruthers

Clipped Wings, They Do Fly

as D.A. Adam Stevenson

Black Lightning

71

TV show · as Agent Percy Odell

Created Equal

59

Director

American Satan

72

as Gabriel

Restored Me

as Officer Brantley

Light Girls

Director

Preying for Mercy

Director, Executive Producer

Freaky Deaky

62

as Wendell Robinson

Dark Girls

72

Director

Henry's Crime

48

as Frank

2000s

23 titles · average score 61

Not Easily Broken

43

Director, Producer

Prince Among Slaves

Director

Cover

30

Director

Yellow

53

as Miles Emory

Deacons for Defense

74

Director

Lost

84

TV show · as Warden Harris

Battlestar Galactica

90

TV show · as Phelan

Karen Sisco

65

TV show · as Amos Andrews

National Security

38

as Lieutenant Washington

Fastlane

56

TV show · as Capt. Bob Parish

Exit Wounds

46

as Chief Hinges

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

81

Director

1990s

15 titles · average score 58

Payback

59

as Det. Hicks

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Ed Pastrino

Fever

46

as Detective Glass

The Limey

76

as Head DEA Agent (uncredited)

Hoodlum

56

Director, Executive Producer

America's Dream

73

Director

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

45

as Mr. Johnson

The Cemetery Club

52

Director

Menace II Society

79

as Detective

Deep Cover

69

Director

A Rage in Harlem

63

Director

Bird on a Wire

44

as Albert Diggs

1980s

13 titles · average score 63

Street of No Return

59

as Lieutenant Borel

A Raisin in the Sun

72

Director

Action Jackson

41

as Capt. Earl Armbruster

Predator

68

as Mac Eliot

No Man's Land

49

as Malcolm

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

Director

Dallas: The Early Years

69

as Seth Foster

Commando

64

as Cooke

The Killing Floor

76

Director

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as FBI Agent #2

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

TV show · as Luther Freeman

American Gigolo

63

as Leon James

1970s

8 titles · average score 66

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

as Sgt. Langford

Love Is Not Enough

as 'Happy' Jordan

Car Wash

68

as Duane – Abdullah

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as David Pearl

Starsky & Hutch

78

TV show · as Officer Dryden

Santiago's America

as Mr. Sands

Kojak

72

TV show · as Sylk

Santiago's Ark

as Mr. Sands